Crown Series #1: The Dark Era of Diadem

Part 2: Chapter 103

Healers are surrounding the body of Lacy who's lying on a single elevated bed. She's cold as corpse and if they just didn't feel her pulse pulsating then they would conclude that she's dead.

But she's just in deep slumber. But the black ink on her body is countiniously spreading throughout. Healers are trying to figure out why it's spreading instead of shrinking. They are confused, seems like, the more power they put, the more it spreads.

"We don't know why it's spreading instead of shrinking down. Seems like she's not healing and we are just worsening her condition," inform ng isang healer kanila Lucian, na naghihintay sa labas.

Mga healer lamang ng palasyo ang nasa loob at nagtataka man ay itinigil nila ang paggagamot dahil hindi nila maintindihan ang nangyayari sa dalaga. Dahil mukhang nakasasama pa ito.

Salubong ang kilay ng ama ni Lacy dahil sa narinig.

"Then what are you going to do? Let that spread through my daughter's body? Give up? just because you can't sort out a way?" galit na galit nitong ani.

"I apologize, Duke Lucian. But we can't do anything about it--" Nagulat ito ng bigla itong kuwelyuhan at malakas na idinikit pa sa pader.

Dahil sa laking tao nito at sa lakas na ring taglay, naka-angat na ang mga paa ng manggagamot sa sahig. Mga mga taong nandoon ay nagulat dahil sa inasta ng duke, na palaging kalmado.

"You'll going to find someone who can treat my daughter right now, or you're going to watch this place burn down with you in it," mariin at nagbabanta nitong saad.

"Do you fucking understands me?" Katakot-takot na tumango ito nang paulit-ulit. Kung hindi pa paghihiwalayin ni Lucien ang kaniyang galit na anak at ang manggagamot, baka mapatay pa niya ito dahil sa nagiging lila na ang mukha nito.

"Calm down, Lucian. Your anger will not take us anywhere. I'll contact the temple and tell them to send the bestest healer."

"How can I calm down when my daughter looks like corpse?"

Napatalon nang bahagya si Aziz nang biglang suntukin ni Lucian ang pader. Nagkalamat iyon at ang kamao nito ay nagdugo.

Napailing na lamang si Lucien sa ikinilos ng kaniyang anak at napatingin kay Luci na kalalabas lang galing sa loob ng kwarto.

"What happened?" he asked.

"She's awake," inform nito. Mabilis na naglakad ang ama nitong si Lucian ngunit kaagad siyang pinigilan ni Luci na nasa hamba ng pintuan.

"I'm sorry, Uncle. But you can't enter, it's too dangerous to go inside. The room has been surrounded by a poisonous smoke. It's dangerous for us to go inside." Tumingin pa ito sa kaniyang pinsan na naka-upo na at nakasandal sa headboard ng kama.

Nakapikit ito at nakasandal ang ulo sa likuran. Ang itim na kumakalat dito ay aabot na sa ilalim ng kaniyang mata. Ang leeg nitong itim na itim na, ang kalahating ibaba ng kaniyang mahabang buhok, ang buong kamay nito na umabot na sa kaniyang siko. Tila ba na-aagnas na ang itsura ng katawan nito.

"Thankfully, I know some basic spell that could hinder the smoke to go outside. I'm just going to stand here to control the spell I put," palusot na lamang niya upang hindi magtaka ang kamag-anak.

"Sir," tawag ng isang manggagamot.

"We already called Sir Dark Kaleb Augustine. He's a dark magic user. Powerful mage, associate from temple. He knows a lot of black magic and forbidden magic."

Dark... Kaleb Augustine? Cain thought.

Doon niya lang naalala na hindi pala pwedeng malapitan nung Kaleb si Lacy.